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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
Long before that.
It was coined in the late 60s to describe American bands like Mountain, Steppenwolf & Vanilla Fudge and bands like that who were heavier than most other bands around at the time who were popular with bikers & hells angels.
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In that case we could say 1967, as that was the year the debut Vanilla Fudge album came out, and its always described as a key proto-metal album, despite the fact its full of covers. The likes of Steppenwolf, Mountain, Led Zeppelin, Blue Cheer and Iron Butterfly all groups that played heavy at that time had their debuts out in 68 and 69, so late 60`s would be right.
"Whole Lotta Love" was out in 1969 and probably had the biggest impact both sides of the atlantic, probably for this reason it was referred to as the first heavy metal song! Which is an oxymoron, considering that the above groups were putting heavy stuff out before that.